Student Highlight Archives - Page 4 of 9

Stephanie Nelson

by COPH Staff | September 30, 2014

Student Highlight – Stephanie Nelson is a dual degree MPH/MBA student, in the Public Health Administration concentration. Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska What brought you to public health? I first became interested in public health through undergraduate classes in disease prevention. After attending UNMC’s COPH Open House and meeting with professors in the HSRA Department, I felt that the MPH curriculum would greatly enhance my education and career opportunities. What do you like most about COPH? My favorite part of the College of Public Health is the… Continue Reading

Posted in Student Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 4. / Is. 06, Sep/Oct 2014

Scholarship and Research Award Recipients Recognized

by COPH Staff | May 15, 2014

The Carruth J. Wagner, MD, Scholarships in Public Health Award Winners

Student Highlight – College of Public Health (COPH) students were recognized at the Annual Awards Dinner for receiving competitive scholarships funded by generous donors to the college. The Carruth J. Wagner, MD, Scholarships in Public Health recognize regularly enrolled, degree-seeking COPH students in good academic standing who clearly identify their career goals, their potential for contributions to the field of public health, and their views of public health challenges, and how their leadership in public health may meet those challenges. This year’s recipients are shown… Continue Reading

Posted in Student Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 4 / Is. 05, May 2014

Bernadette McCrory, PhD

by COPH Staff | April 15, 2014

Student Highlight – Dr. Bernadette McCrory is an MPH student in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of Public Health. Bernie is originally from Denver, Colorado. She completed her MS and PhD in engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her BS at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Currently she is a research scientist within the Movement and Neurosciences Center at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, a research assistant professor within the Mechanical & Materials Engineering Department at the University of… Continue Reading

Posted in Student Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 4 / Is. 04, Apr 2014

Jill Hughes

by COPH Staff | March 15, 2014

Student Highlight – Jill Hughes is an MPH student studying Environmental, Occupational and Agricultural Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of Public Health (COPH). Originally from Springview, a rural community in north central Nebraska, Jill chose to return to Nebraska upon completing her undergraduate degree at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico, to further her education. After studying and conducting research in forensic biology at the undergraduate level, Jill wanted to find a way to marry her skills from… Continue Reading

Posted in Student Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 4 / Is. 03, Mar 2014

Alejandro Hughes

by COPH Staff | February 15, 2014

Student Highlight – Alejandro Hughes is a first year MPH student (Health Promotion) at the UNMC College of Public Health. He grew up in beautiful Cedar Falls, Iowa, before attending Iowa State University, where he received a degree in Community/Public Health Education. The prevention-focused, wide-reaching nature of public health is what led Alejandro to gravitate toward the field. Since then, he was fortunate to have some great experiences as an AmeriCorps member at a non-profit in Council Bluffs, and most recently he worked for a… Continue Reading

Posted in Student Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 4 / Is. 02, Feb 2014

Diptee Ojha

by COPH Staff | January 15, 2014

Student Highlight – Diptee Ojha is a PhD candidate in the Health Services Research, Administration, and Policy program in the Department of Health Services Research and Administration. She is originally from Kathmandu, Nepal. Diptee has an undergraduate degree in dentistry from India and an MBA in health care management from Bellevue University. She currently lives in Omaha with her husband, Kush, and her six year old mutt, Layla. Diptee’s introduction to the world of public health came in a class that she took while in… Continue Reading

Posted in Student Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 4 / Is. 01 Jan, 2014

Fang Qiu

by COPH Staff | December 15, 2013

Student Highlight – Fang Qiu is a PhD student in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of Public Health. She entered the PhD program on a part-time basis, and has now finished the first year of her doctoral program. She is originally from ZaoZhuang, a small city in China. After obtaining a master’s degree in statistics, Fang started to work for UNMC as a full-time statistical coordinator. She works collaboratively with investigators across the UNMC campus on experiment… Continue Reading

Posted in Student Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 3 / Is. 12, Dec 2013